About Us
UNDERGROUND SHELTERS USA (previously known as Utah Shelter Systems) manufactures and equips concrete multi-hazard home and corporate shelters. The company also offers consultation and design of corrugated steel pipe shelters and the re-furbishing and updating of existing shelters.
UNDERGROUND SHELTERS is owned and managed by Sharon Packer. Sharon has been building and designing shelters since 1986, and incorporated UNDERGROUND SHELTERS USA in 2021. Basic "do it yourself" type shelters can be constructed of corrugated steel pipe (CSP) and can withstand blasts up to the 150 psi range. Concrete shelters are designed to the 15 pis or 45 psi blast level. Each shelter is customized to your size requirements, individual needs, and the potential threat to your location.
Sharon also owns the company, ANDAIR USA, and is the North and South American representative for the Swiss made ventilation systems of Andair AG located in Andelfingen Switzerland. This company provides ventilation systems, blast valves, air filtration systems, blast doors and chemical biological protection for home, corporate, military and government facilities.
ABOUT PAUL AND SHARON
Paul Seyfried has retired but continues to consult for both companies. He is a graduate of the Missouri Military Academy and attended the New Mexico Military Institute. He attended classes at the National Emergency Training Center in Emitsburg, Pennsylvania. Paul and Sharon have lectured widely throughout Utah and the United States. They have given lectures at the Brigham Young University, and Sharon taught a National Securities Affairs class in 1993 at the University of Utah. Paul has 25 years’ experience working in a local aerospace firm.
Sharon graduated with a master’s degree in nuclear engineering in 1993 from the University of Utah. She also has a bachelor’s degree in mathematics with a minor in physics. She was a ham radio operator and for several years acted as the regional nuclear weapons effects trainer for MARS (the air-force arm of amateur radio). Sharon is the currently a board member of the 'The American Civil Defense Association' ('TACDA').
Paul and Sharon are also the founders of the non-profit organization, Civil Defense Volunteers of Utah (CDVU). CDVU was founded in 1987 and the organization has been providing information about civil defense skills to the general public for nearly 20 years. This organization, now under the direction of the current president of The American Civil Defense Association (TACDA), Jay Whimpey, hosts monthly meetings free of charge to the public via TACDA zoom meetings, where the instructors teach nuclear weapons effects, winter survival, first aid, shelter building techniques, and many other subjects pertaining to preparedness. For more information on establishing civil defense volunteer groups, contact The American Civil Defense Organization (TACDA) at www.tacda.org, 801-501-0077.